Paul Genecin, MD, director of Yale Health, alerted the Yale community of the situation on Friday. Yale students are currently on spring break. Dr. Genecin wrote, “While the risk to the campus community is low, as a precautionary measure the university and local and state departments of health have begun identifying and reaching out to those who had close, extended contact with the student just prior to spring break in order to offer preventative treatment.”
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Dr. Genecin added that though the student is very ill, there are signs of improvement, writing “we are hopeful that there will be a full recovery.”
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